Wax and like composition and method for preparing the same



Patented a. 24, 1939 units!) STATES P'ATENT, orFlcs Q 2,111,240 a WAX AND LIKE OOMPOSITIONAND METH- 00 FOR; meme THE SAME Homer Clark Brumbaugh, Baltimore, Md., as-

slgnor to Universal Chemical Corporation, Akron, Uhio, a corporation of Ohio No Drawing.

Zillaims.

' The general purpose of the invention is to pro vide such compositions in which is an emulsifying agent for producing a composition which 19 will have small particle size whereby it will be bright-drying on smooth, hard neutral surfaces and will be highly water-proof or water-repellent due to volatilization or de-composition of the emulsifying agent from or inthe composition under atmospheric conditions whereby the wax, resin or gum compositions are highly resistant to re-emulsification in water, either hot or cold. I

The foregoing and other purposes of the invention are attained in and by the compositions and methods described inthe following paragraphs hereof. It is to be understood that the specifiecomposition and method set forth in detail is illustrative and not to be taken aslimiting the invention excepting as set forth in the appended claims. a i

The present inventor has discovered that an emulsifying agent, to be completely satisfactory in use in such compositions and particularly 39 which will produce bright-drying waxes, etc., and

at the same time waxes; etc., which will bewater-proof or water repellent, mustt have the iollowing properties:

(a) The emulsifying agent must substantially and permanently lose, under atmospheric conditions, its ability to re-emulsify the compositions. (b) The emulsifying agent must produce an emulsion in which the ingredients are of such small particle size as to be bright and to have a 0 high lustre upon drying without rubbing or polishing. i

(c) The composition must be stable when stored for periods of time (for example, in cans) in a condition in which it isgnore or less protected Y composition which will be chemically substan- -from the air, and in this connection the emulsi-" fying agent should not evaporate selectively with Application May 17, 1939, Serial No. 274,211

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tifillg inert to the surface uponwhich it is app e v (g) The emulsifying agent should-produce a compound unobjectionable as to odor and without toxic or other harmful effect upon the user. 5

(h) The composition, including the'improved emulsifying agent, must be economical as to cost of manufacture and distribution.

Atypical example of an emulsion such as the above and prepared with an emulsifier as described is a floor wax emulsion of which the formula and method of manufacture follow: V

Formula No. 1 Yellow Carnauba wax;- lbs 96 Triple distilled oleic acid 1bsl 2o Morpholine (dlethylene-imede oxide) lbs 20 S umcient soft or distilled water to make gallons" 100 The wax and oleic acid are melted with gentle heat, preferably in a steam jacketed kettle. The temperature should not exceed degrees centigrade at any time. The heat is then controlled so as to bring the temperature to 105 degrees centigrade. Heating is then discontinued and the morpholine is slowly added with continuous. gentle but thorough agitation; this agitation being continued for three minutes after the'last 30 has been added. The temperature will have dropped to about 98 degrees centigrade. The temperature is adjusted to 98 degrees centlgrade if it varies by more than plus or minus one'degree. The morpholine is wax-soluble to such an extent as to produce wax emulsions of very small particle size. Six gallons of boiling water are then added at a slow regular rate overa period of about three minutes, agitating" continuously as above and for approximately five minutes there- 0 after. The remainder of the water at boiling temperature is then added very rapidly- (in about 10 seconds) and stirring is continued until the emulsion is homogeneous and none of the concentrated emulsion mixture remains. undispersed. The entire quantity is then cooled to room temperature by pumping it through cooled calls or other suitable cooling equipment. This cooling process should preferably be as rapid as is practical requiring not more than 5 to "10 0 minutes. j

Modifications the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.- It has been build that morpholine and its derivatives or is i'iomclogues and also monohutylemine alone or in combination with ethylene ciiamine, when used in composition in waxes such as eandelills and montsn as well as cemaube, with the fatty acids, such as linoleic, leuric, myristic, linseed fatty, have the alcove-cliscovered properties, but the invention is not to be limited to these specific ma,- terials excepting as required by the claims.

This case is a continuation in part of application Serial No. 160,141, filed by the present inventor on August 20, 193?,

What is claimed is: u

i. A We composition comprising am emulsion of was inWater-heving therein es en emulsifying agent a morpholine compound with 8. fatty acid of high molecular weight, holding the wear dispersed in such small particle size that it will dry bright or with substantial lustre when merely epplierl to s, sLu-iace and excused to the ethicssee/r ges phere without rubbing, said emulsifying agent being decomposable by drying of the composi tion whereby the composition loses its ability to re-emulsi'fy in the presence of Water.

2. A was composition comprising an emulsion of Wax in water having therein as an emulsify- 5mg agent an unstable volatile amino compound with a fatty acid of high molecular Weight, forming a, Wax-soluble soap, so as to hold the wax dispersed in such small particle size that it will dry bright or with substantial lustre when merely applied to e. surface and exposed to the atmosphere Without rubbing, said emulsifying agent being stable in the presence of the water and not evaporating selectively in Water soiution but decomposable by the drying of the composition whereby the composition loses its ability to re-emulsiiy in the presence oi water,

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